The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-06-24

Ict'FoINu du aIQTeN9 on y vi
South" before the Confederate *
ciety, NJ Ford's Opora HOusr, Ba
timore, on Monday night. Til
house was crowded and the III
pIanse was hearty aud frequent
The concluding portion OF the ad
dress was upon the effects of ih
war. and was as follows:
IL would place first OF those tn
general diffusion OF love for IN.
constitution Of the United States
Time was when the south hutIn.
philanthropists denounced it as 8
covenant with death aud \ leaou,
With helP gotten up by the sl1v,
power ia the interests of slavery
But 10 1851 the phllauthropist,
experienced n change OF heart ant
ever siuce have talked of the con
stitutiou as that Sacred instrn
ment,' that 'buIwark OF freedom.
that palladium of liberty etc.
am glad of their conversion, sus
Piclonsly sudden thoufh il was. and
/ hope they will never fall from
grace. As a stalwart Presbyterian
/ believe IN the perseverance, of the
saints.
"The philanthropists used to tell
OF the cruelty and brutality of
shareholders 10 their slaves. and
said that they had reduced the ne.
groes to the lowest state OF Igno.
rance, barb2rism and b~estiality,
Bot In the reconstruction period the
philanthropists underwent a radical
change of views, and discovered
that these Degroes, whom thew had
described rs more savage aud de.
graded than the barbarians on the
Congo, were not merely enlighteu.
ed aud civilized enough to be free.
men and voters, but also to be
United States senators add con.
gressmen, foreign ministers, con.
suls and msrshsls, governors of
states, judges, members of state
cabinets, etc. l am glad that the
philanthropiSts found ont that the
Old South had trained lis slaves 80
carefully tor these high and respon.
sible duties. No other masters in
the worlds history ever gave such
training 10 their slaves. The thir.
teentb. fourteenth aud fifteenth
amendments to the constitution of
tue United States are the grandest
possible eulogies TO the Old Soutb.
But there vas one great error in
this training. The slnple.hearted,
con1dlug Southern masters, always
careless of their own money. did
not teach their slaves 70 be
cautious about their investments.
and tens OF thousands of these cred.
nlous creatures pat their money in
a bank in Washington esty blisbed
by philanthropists and lost il all.
l love TO hear the praises of the
wonderful deeds of Mcclellan,
Grant. Meade and Hancock, for if ,
they were such great warriors tor
crushing with their massive col.
umns the thin lines of ragged reb.
els, what must be said OF Lee, the
two JoknstOns, Beauregard and
Jackson, who held millions at bay !
Tor iour years with their fragments :
shadowy armies. Pile up huge l
pedeStalS and surInOunt them with .
borses and riders in bronze. !
All the union monuments are clio 7
Inent OF lie proves OF the ragged =
Iebels and their leaders. y
Suppose the tables had been !
aud that either of the FIVE :
named above had been =
superior to bis antagonists in all the :.
and Inventions of a .
lnd had been given, moreover, "a II !,
excess of 2, 200, 900 of men over them, I,
low many statues, think We, my =
;~onntrymen, would there be of =
warriors and pTdnciug =
'hargers9 The congressman for y
he Old South have voted literally T.
or all legitimate pension bills to y
mon veterans, for they know what u
tough Job it was for The 1859, I32 It
J mon Soldiers, with their magnif. =
,ent outfit, to overcome the zoo. 900 e
eDels, poorly fed, poorly clothed =
nd poorly equipped. These pen. ".
ION bills are splendid tributes TO ~
he pluck, patience, perseverance "
tortltude of the chivaIry of the ID
I'D South.
81 love to hear the ~philanthro VI
lists praise MI. Lincoln and call ~
the second Washington. for oi
enember that he was born in Ken. "a
ncky aud was from first to last, as oe
be Atlantic Monthly truly said, "A oe
southern man in all his character. ~
'tlcs.' love to hear them saw Ut
bat George Thomas was the stout. u
lighter in the Union army, tor I 9t
smember he was born ia Virginia. -
the old lady of the Old South u
ears the eulsgies upon these men CD
be pushes back her spectacles that pr
may have a better view of the 10
nlogIst aud says: These were my L :
hildren.' Tue old lady adds; i wi
ave another son born in Kentucky. AS
he Is not a stepsou, nor did l VI
~ oh
WANTED TO FLY.-"My son. lei
AID n Boston father as he took bis it
oy by the hand. "yOu are about on
start for the West IN found dI